Effects of bone block position and orientation within the tibial tunnel for posterior cruciate ligament graft reconstructions: A cyclic loading study of bone-patellar tendon-bone allografts

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 673-679

  Markolf, Keith ^a,b   Davies, Mark ^a   Zoric, Bojan ^a   McAllister, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LOADING TEST; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA;

EID: 0141433336     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465030310050701     Document Type: Article

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